​Immediately after the entry of Hidroelectrica to the stock exchange, a big race for the head of the company began with the procedure of selecting candidates for the position of a member of the board of directors. Candidate documents had to be sent by September 11, 2023. According to HotNews.ro, the list also includes controversial, politically supported individuals who are used to government positions or business in the energy sector, as well as SIE reserve generals.

Currently, the mandate of the current members of the board is temporary and extends for 5 months, starting on October 7, 2023, or until the appointment of new managers in accordance with GEO 109/2011 on corporate governance. Hidroelectrica was listed on the stock exchange on July 12, 2023.

Who is Karoli Borbely, one of the favorites of Marcel Čolaka

One of the favorites is Karoi Borbely. According to HotNews.ro sources, Prime Minister Marcel Čolaku would prefer him because of his family relationship with a businessman from Buzău. Karoli Borbeli is married to the daughter of Ionel Gaga, a businessman from Buzău who is close to the prime minister. The newspaper Libertatea wrote a lot about these family relationships.

He was a member of Hidroelectrica’s board from August 2017 to August 2023, and was president of the company’s strategy and IPO committee. He is also the Director of Public Relations at Orange. He was also the Director of Business Development and Exports at Energobit Group.

He held several positions in the state: Secretary of State in the Ministry of Energy, in the Government of Ponta, Minister of Communications in the Government of Tarichan, Secretary of State in the National Youth Administration, also in the Government of Tarichan.

Who is Corina Popescu and with whom did she go into the energy business

Also on the list of favorites will be Corina Popescu. Formerly the head of Electrica, she recently joined the energy business. Along with the SIE reserve general, he controls another former Electrica boss and shareholder in Fratelli, a company that has just received a license to supply electricity, according to Profit.ro. Swift Spot SRL is the name of the company and is fully owned by Swift Energy SRL, a consulting firm founded in September 2022 and associated with Silviu-Bogdan Nicolae, Corina Popescu, Christian Busch and Nicolae Merjani, each of whom holds 25% of the capital .

Corina Popescu was CEO of Electrica from February 2019 until spring 2022. Due to the fact that she was fired a year before the end of her term of office, she received compensation in the amount of 680,000 euros. “Although the company is in a managerial, financial and organizational disaster, the Board of Directors has decided to pay out hundreds of thousands of euros from shareholders’ money as compensation for the dismissals that were announced and deemed ‘unfounded,'” Rezvan Nicolescu said at the time. , energy engineer.

And Corina Popescu Corina Popescu also held leading positions in the state. He was the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Energy from December 2015 to February 2017, and before joining Electrica he worked in the Transelectrica Directorate. He also held senior positions at E.ON Romania Group and OMV Group.

Other participants in the race and their problems

The current president of the directorate, Bohdan Badya, is on the list of those who are fighting for the head of “Hydroelectricity”. He has been managing the company since June 2017. At the time of his appointment at Hidroelectrica, he was supported by ALDE and was close to Daniel Chitsa, who served twice as Minister (Economy and Finance) during the Ponta government. In addition, he was the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Economy, in the governments of Ponta.

In 2015-2016, he was a member of the supervisory board of OMV Petrom. Before joining OMV Petrom, he was a member of the board of directors of Rompetrol Rafinare. From June 2009 to June 2013, he was the administrator of BNB Renewables Consulting, a project development consulting firm in the renewable energy sector. From August 2007 to March 2009, he was Director of Strategy and Development at Electrica SA. During the same period, he was also a member of the boards of directors of ENEL Energie Muntenia SA and ENEL Energie SA.

Also on the list is Petronel Chiriac. He was a member of the Hydroelectric Directorate and is backed by Remus Borza, the court administrator who brought the company out of bankruptcy, a former parliamentarian and adviser to former prime ministers Nicolae Chuke, Florin Kitsu, Ludovic Orban and Viorika Dencile. Petronel Chiriac was fired as CFO of Hidroelectrica, but he appealed this decision and won in court, the company was obliged to reinstate him in January 2021 and pay him compensation in the amount of an indexed, increased salary and updated with other rights that he had would the employee from the moment of dismissal until the actual return to work.

Andrii Maioreanu also participated in the fight for the head of Hidroelectrica. And he was the state secretary at the Ministry of Energy in the period 2017-2019. He worked for several years at Hidroelectrica Sucursala Targu Jiu and Hidroserv. Certificate 6993/11.06.2009 of the National Council for the Study of Security Archives (CNSAS) showed that Maioreanu was recruited in November 1987 “for informative surveillance of individuals who have been warned for negative comments or who have relatives in Germany and Austria”. He had the conspiratorial name “Arthur”. He provided 6 information materials, but according to some provisions of the law, he was not assigned the status of a security guard/employee.

Kosmin Nikula, vice-president of the Accounting Chamber since 2014, is also on the list and a former parliamentarian. An investigation by Gazata de Cluj shows that he allegedly participated in an unknown business with public money, together with persons under criminal investigation.

Mihai Dari also participated in the competitionformer CFO of Nuclearelectrica and also former CFO of Electrica.